The congressman appreciates the flowers, welcomes the group's comments and is deeply grateful for a free nation and the men and women who defend our right to have an opinion and express it openly.

The fatal law of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

That money is long spent and was taken legally at the time, so there's no reason to do anything with it.

Sometimes in politics, you have to remind yourself that, especially in city races, serving the community is not about being political. It's about being policy oriented and helping people. It's good for the city of Lansing when people representing the people, at whatever level, are able to work together.

I see the mind of a five year old as a volcano with two vents : destructiveness and creativeness

I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.

God, the illogic! The impossibility of communication in this house. The sheer operation alone of getting something through to somebody.

She has always been perfectly shameless about reading letters not meant for her, and, as she said, she was ideally suited for the work by never having much inclination to answer letters back.